title: Unusual increase in reported cases of paratyphoid A fever among travellers returning from Cambodia, January to September 2013.
abstract: From January to September 2013, a marked increase in notifications of Salmonella Paratyphi A infections among travellers returning from Cambodia occurred in France. An investigation revealed 35 cases without a common source: 21 in France, five in Germany, three in the Netherlands, one in Norway, one in the United Kingdom, four in New-Zealand. Data suggest an ongoing event that should trigger further investigation. Travellers to Cambodia should observe preventive measures including good personal hygiene and food handling practices.
authors.affiliation: Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS), Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tourdjman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Le Hello
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gossner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delmas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tubiana
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authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fabre
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authors.lastname: Kerléguer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarantola
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fruth
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Friesema
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thorstensen Brandal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Weill
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: de Valk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002160:Cambodia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult